Dining cabinet



Aug. 16, 1927.

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UNITED- STATES teas-s41 PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD T. E. MAnGELs AND nnwIN-e. MANGELS, or DAVENPORT, Iowa.

DINING CABINET.

Our invention relates to improvements in dining cabinets which areprovided with table and benches, and capable of being folded and closedup, and also capable of 5 being used as an independent article offurniture, or" of being inserted in, or attached to a wall, in suchmanner as to give the appearance of being an entrance to another room;and t-heobjects of our improvement are, first, to provide a cabinetsuitable to'be installed in rooms which have not been especially builtfor that purpose; second, to provide a dining apartment which may befolded up in such way, as to utilize space, and at the same time furnisha needed accessory in a room; third, to furnish an article of utilitycapable of reducing the labor of housewives. r

We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanyingdrawing, in which--' Figure 1 is an elevation taken at anangle partly in perspective of the open cabinet, with its membersunfolded; F ig.2 is a perspective view of the cabinet with its doorsopen and members'folded; Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the cabinettaken at an angle with its members folded and its doors closed; Fig.4 isan elevation of a broken portion of one of the seat members, disclosingits' connecting means; Fig. is an elevation of a broken portion of thetable member disclosing the -.connection of the table and support.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

Sides 1 and 2, top 4, and back 3 of cabinet 1 constitute the frameworkof our invention; line 33'being a floor line. The cabinet being composedof sides 1 and 2, top 4 and back 3, its height is usually constructedconformable to the door or window openings of a room. To the front edgesof sides 1* and 2, by ordinary hinge means is attached a pair of doormembers 5 and 6 of suitable width to close the front of cabinet 1, butto the outer edges of door members 5 and 6 by hinge means, we attachfolding screen sections 7 and 8, having panels corresponding to thepanels of door members 5 and 6, and of a height conformable to doormembers5 and 6, said screen sections 7 and 8 being so fixed as to foldinwardly upon door members 5 and 6, and which said folding screensections 7 and 8 are of suitable Width to unite with door members 5 and6 when unfolded in spreading theentire length of benches 14 ofsaidcabinet 1, when said benches 14 are unfolded and their ends 14 letdown to the floor, in so screening said benches 1 L from view asto givethe cabinet 1 a'room effect, in privacy and appearance, but when saidfolding screen sections 7 and 8, are folded inwardly against doormembers 5 and 6, they are out of the way, unobs-ervably enclosed insideof cabinet 1, and when door members 5 and 6 are closed it gives thecabinet '1 the appearance of being the entrance to another room.

In the top board 4 of cabinet 1, and so suitably centrally disposedtherein, as to swing inwardly out of the way of door:

members 5 and 6, We have secured a lamp fixture 31, composed of aswinging crane supporting a lamp, which crane 31 is of suitable length,when swung out,.to-centrally suspend lamp 32 directly suitably over thetable 9, when table 9 is unfolded into using position. an arm 31, of anyordinary material and has reverse right angular extremities, withordinary'connecting threads and holes th-ere-,

in, and is so bent to enable .it in swinging to clear the elevated endof table member 9 and bench seats 15 as shown in Fig. 2, when they areupwardly folded, and yet Said lamp fixture is composed of permit, alight '32 supported on one end thereof, to extend downwardly.

We have attached said lamp fixture by a plate 31. hung to the top of thecabinet. but in other form of arm it may be attached elsewhere in thecabinet, as to the Side or back.

Unto the inside of back 3 of cabinet 1, positioned suitably from itsbottom and ten trally disposed, by leaf hinge means 24, we attach atable top 9 at one of its ends, in such manner that the table top may befolded snugly upwardly against the said back 3, or let down for useoperatively with support 10, attached thereto, and to the other end ofsaid table top 9*, we attach said table end support 10 by hinge means13, in such manner that when top 9* is upwardly folded againstback 3,said end support 10 folds downwardly against the under side of top 9*.For sanitary purposes support 10 has its bottom end centrally curvedinto leg efiect 10 showing thus two legs, and for convenience in beingseated to it, has portions 14 14 and 14 of its front edge 10 cut away.Top 9 is centrally provided on its under surface at its outer end inproximity to the point of rest upon support 10 with a spring latch 30,suitable for engaging in connecting means 30' conformably provided inthe top end of support 10, for holding support 10 in place, when tabletop 9* is folded up.

Unto the inside of back 3 of'cabinet 1, on either sine of table top 9,we attach the ends 15 of bench seats 15, by multiple hinge means 25 insuch manner that said bench seats 15 may be folded upwardly against back3 or let down for use operatively with bench ends 1 1, provided thereforon the outer ends of bench 15. 1

Bench ends 14 each have a portion of their tops 14 and 14" cut away toform arm rests and to enable the users to more conveniently get theirbodies in and out by table top 10, and they likewise have a portion oftheir bottom parts cut away at 1 11f to enable the users to moreconveniently get their feet in and out by the foot of table support 10.

Bench ends 1 1 are respectively operative'ly attached unto the outerends of bench seats 15 by multiple hinge means 23' and 2 k in such wayas to allow the bench ends 1 1 to fold and unfold outwardly as the benchseat 15 is raised unto or lowered away from the back of cabinet 3, thepurpose being obvious.

To the back sides of bench seats 15 by multiple hinge means, we attachseat backs 22 in such manner that when the tops of bench ends 1 1 aretilted outwardly, the seat backs 22 will fold forward upon bench seats15, and be carried upward against cabinet back 3, in folding, and beunfolded for use as directed, when the bench seat 15 is again lowered.

To facilitate the folding of backs 22 upon bench seat 15, againstcabinet back 3, the multiple hinges 25 used are prepared with longcurved upper leaves to provide space for folding.

To secure said seatibacks 22 to seat ends 14 and the cabinet back 3 toprevent its falling backward we have provided suitable hasps and latches26, but the rear end of the back may rest against the inside of sideboards 1 and 2, with safety.

Seat back 22 is shown composed of slats 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 21, butthe same may be constructed of any suitable material. I

Other hinges 28 are shown beside 27 for the purpose of illustrating thatany number of hinges may be used as desired.

We claim:

In a cabinet of the class'described, a bench member having a seathingedly attached to the inside of the back of said cabinet in suchmanner that said seat may be folded up wardly against said cabinet back,a seat back hingedly secured to one of the edges. of said seat in suchmanner as to forwardly fold upon said seat, an end seat brace, hingedlysecured near the middle of its linear dimension to an end of said seatin such nanner as to fold outwardly against the bottom of said seat whensaid seat is raised; hasp fastening meanssecured upon the outer end ofsaid seat back, an upper end of said seat brace capable ofco-opera-tively securingthe said seat back to the said seat brace,otherhasp fastenii'igmeans secured upon said cabinet back and top end of saidsea t brace capable of co-operatively securing said bench to saidcabinet back, said sea-t end having portions of its front ,edge andbottom end cut away to facilitate its use, all for the purposesspecified, I

Done at the city of Davenport, in the county of Scottand'Stateo'fl'ow'a, this fifteenth day of April, A. D. 1925, I I

EDWARD T. E.,MANGELS. ERWIN G. MANGELS.

